Occupy
Philadelphia says 28 members of the Occupy movement were arrested late Sunday
night during a protest at 13th and Arch Streets.
Occupy
Philadelphia member Nate Kleinman says the arrests happened around 9 p.m.
Sunday. He says a group of people attending the national conference had been on
a spontaneous "solidarity march" to City Hall when they were
arrested.
Occupy groups
from across the country are in Philadelphia for a conference on Independence
Mall. Organizers say it's part of the group's push for economic equality and
other causes. San Francisco Chronicle
Protesters
affiliated with the Occupy movement have converged on Philadelphia from
different parts of the country for what is billed as the group's first National
Gathering, a 5-day event based at Independence Mall that is timed to coincide
with the Fourth of July. Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia
Managing Director Rich Negrin said city officials have been preparing for the
Occupy gathering, a conference being held by a spinoff group known as The 99%
Working Group. WSJ The 99 percent
slogan has been the signature of the anti-Wall Street Occupy movement, which
says 1 percent of the population holds too much economic wealth.
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